The New
Parents Guide
Seal of Approval

Purpose: What is the "Seal of Approval"?

"The New Parents Guide - Seal of Approval"
is awarded to:
1) websites which excel in
providing helpful information to new and
expecting parents
-and-
2) products that are considered
exceptionally useful to infants, children or
parents; are educational in nature, or have
received extremely positive reviews.

Eligibility guidelines:

Site must be family friendly

The site should be easy to navigate
and have a quality layout and design

The site must be devoted to
families, new parents, and expecting
parents with content that is helpful,
informative and useful

Content that is considered helpful,
informative and useful includes:
parenting information; newborn and baby
care; family entertainment; family
travel; sites for toddlers and children;
and shopping for family, parents or
baby.

Product(s) must be original, helpful
and useful to infants, toddlers,
children, and/or new & expecting
parents.

Display one of the
"Seal of
Approval" images and link the "Seal of
Approval" image to "The New Parents
Guide" homepage

The location of the "Seal of
Approval" is voluntary, but we recommend
that it be placed prominently on your
homepage or one click from your homepage
to show visitors that your site has been
awarded for
excellence

Nomination Process:

You may nominate your own site or
one that you do not own but think
deserves recognition

If you are sending a nomination
for a site that you do not own, please
note this in the nomination email.

If you are sending a nomination
for a product, please send product
name, product description, web site
where we can review the product, and
a description of how you will be
using the "Seal of Approval" for the
product (print media, newsletter,
web site, etc.)

Application review and approval
notification:

When we receive a nomination, we
will review the site to determine if it
meets our eligibility guidelines.
This review process may take up
to 60+ days.

If we determine the site meets
our eligibility guidelines and find that
it should be awarded the "Seal of
Approval", both you & the site
owner (if these are not the same) will be notified by email.
The email will include instructions on
how to obtain your "Seal of Approval"
image.

Please note that we reserve the
right to refuse awarding the "Seal of
Approval" for any or for no reason at all.
We will not notify you if the
site is not approved for the award.

If you have not received an approval
notification by email within 60 days of
the original nomination, you may
reapply if the site content has changed
or you think the site was mistakenly
overlooked.

If your site has been approved for
the seal you can
request that your site
be included on our approved sites page.

General:

Site owner or webmaster agrees to
remove the "Seal of Approval" image and
link if the site is no longer eligible
or is asked by "The New Parents Guide"
to remove it.

All nomination information will be
kept strictly confidential. (Privacy policy)

Approved Sites:

Click here to view sites that have
been approved for The New Parents Guide
"Seal of Approval"